Julia Johnson is a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner, where she also worked as a trending news editor. She was born and raised in New Jersey before earning her bachelor's in political science in 2021 from the University of South Carolina, with a minor in mass communications.
Republicans across the country are looking to snag wins in state and federal elections in 2023 and 2024, and they're embracing early and absentee voting like never before to do it.
At a separate New Hampshire event, the former president told his supporters they don't need to worry about voting at all because he has"plenty of votes.” In a speech earlier this year, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel explained the necessity for early voting and how it is reconciled with election integrity."Our approach to election integrity is: We fight in the courtroom, but we play by the rules we’re given in the field," she said."As we look ahead to 2024, we need to ensure that voters bank as many votes BEFORE Election Day as possible — through early voting, absentee voting, and ballot harvesting where it’s legal.
"There were always some differences between the parties in terms of what they wanted to put into place for elections — so legislatures or state laws —Republican legislatures were more concerned about voting by mail, even early voting in person, I think, to some extent, maybe a little less," he explained.
In 2010, according to Gallup, 26% of Republicans reported having already voted or planning to vote before Election Day, compared to 25% of Democrats. The parties remained in similar margins until sharply diverging during the 2020 presidential election, during which a historic nearly 70% voted before Election Day.
In 2023, more than 500,000 Virginians have already voted early in person or by mail, per the Virginia Public Access Project. The party responsible for driving early voting is difficult to gauge, as Virginia doesn't register voters by party. However, eight of the top 10 House of Delegates districts with the highest totals of early votes cast are rated either"leans Republican" or"competitive." The district with the most votes, HD71, has seen 11,430 people vote early.
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